Evidence of earliest known wildfires

Palaios

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 171-174

  Cressler III, Walter L ^a  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; DEVONIAN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; WILDFIRE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035010043     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2001)016<0171:EOEKW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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